English Explanatory Dictionary

revertent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having reverted to a previous (more basic or more natural) state.
noun
  1. A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system
  2. Any remedy that restores something to its desired natural state.
  3. A mutation that reverts or undoes the effects of another mutation.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)tənt/

Word forms

revertent revertents

Etymology

Borrowed from French revertent, from Latin revertor, equivalent to revert + -ent.

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